Homecoming

To make it easier for students to return to, or even begin, on-campus study after a long period of absence, the Ministry of Science has launched the ‘restart – welcome back’ initiative.

The project at Hochschule München is called ‘HoMecoming’. Its aim is to revitalise university and student union life and to foster social connections amongst students – alongside academic exchange. Activities that characterised university life before the pandemic began will, where possible, be transferred to a hybrid campus.

As part of Homecoming, the following initiatives and events were organised:

• Provision of technical equipment to all 14 student representations and the student representation to enable them to run hybrid events
• University-wide ‘Student Representation Day’, aimed particularly at first-year students
• Online introductory event organised by the student representation (StuVe)
• Production of a StuVe welcome video for first-year students
• Experiential learning activities at the start of the semester on the Social Innovation Management degree programme

HoMecoming is an initiative of the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education.